§ 23-06.6-21 — Cooperation between coroner or medical examiner and a procurement organization

North Dakota § 23-06.6-21

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 23: Health and Safety
• Ch. 23-06.6: Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

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organization.
1. A coroner or medical examiner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to
maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation,
therapy, research, or education.
2. If a coroner or medical examiner receives notice from a procurement organization that
an anatomical gift might be available or was made with respect to a decedent whose
body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner or medical examiner and a post-mortem
examination is going to be performed, unless the coroner or medical examiner denies
recovery in accordance with section 23-06.6-22, the coroner or medical examiner or
designee of the coroner or medical examiner shall conduct a post-mortem examination
of the body or the part in a manner and within a period compatible with its preservation
for the purposes of the gift.

3. A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a
coroner or medical examiner for transplantation, therapy, research, or education
unless the part is the subject of an anatomical gift. The body of a decedent under the
jurisdiction of the coroner or medical examiner may not be delivered to a person for
research or education unless the body is the subject of an anatomical gift. This
subsection does not preclude a coroner or medical examiner from performing the
medicolegal investigation upon the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction
of the coroner or medical examiner.